Group of women asks US supreme court to overturn topless sunbathing ban

Supreme court precedent requires upholding ban in Ocean City, Maryland, but a judge says the ban may be unconstitutional

A group of women is going all the way to the top with their challenge of a beach town ban on topless sunbathing, urging the US supreme court to rule against allowing men but not women to show all that skin.

Ocean City, Maryland, passed its ordinance in 2017 after one of the plaintiffs, Chelsea Eline, contacted local police and asserted a right to go topless, the Daily Times reported.